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. 2020 May 26;20:473. doi: 10.1186/s12913-020-05332-0

Table 3.

Analysis of mean difference for patient’s experience variables scores among outpatients, along type of care (surgical and medical)

Variable Service Type Hospital P-value Remark Overall
FETHA ESUTH UNTH
Waiting Time Medical 11.0b ± 0.53 7.4a ± 0.47 11.67a ± 0.91 0.000 Significant 9.75a ± 0.38
Surgical 10.18b ± 0.58 8.0a ± 0.56 11.31b ± 0.62 0.001 Significant 9.88a ± 0.35
p-value 0.290 0.417 0.749 0.801
OPD Environment Medical 27.22a ± 0.43 26.44a ± 0.52 25.85a ± 0.55 0.170 Insignificant 26.57a ± 0.29
Surgical 25.36a ± 0.52 26.89b ± 0.70 28.16 b ± 0.498 0.002 Significant 26.63a ± 0.34
p-value 0.007* 0.611 0.002* 0.885
Quality of Doctors’ care or Services Medical 44.63b ± 0.68 43.75b ± 0.86 35.25a ± 1.60 0.000 Significant 41.8a ± 0.57
Surgical 43.27a ± 0.85 39.03a ± 1.34 41.62a ± 1.90 0.028 Significant 41.54a ± 0.66
p-value 0.216 0.004* 0.026* 0.761
Quality of care or Services by Other Medical Staff Medical 22.71a ± 1.17 22.4a ± 1.13 19.23a ± 1.63 0.142 Insignificant 21.62a ± 0.78
Surgical 21.64b ± 1.01 16.47a ± 1.81 20.88b ± 1.90 0.065 Insignificant 20.60a ± 0.82
p-value 0.49 0.010* 0.513 0.371
Responsiveness Medical 50.00b ± 1.29 50.53b ± 1.40 42.92a ± 2.38 0.003 Significant 48.33a ± 0.97
Surgical 47.85a ± 1.63 51.72b ± 1.17 53.93b ± 1.62 0.016 Significant 50.77a ± 0.91
p-value 0.302 0.515 0.000* 0.066
Overall Rating (in %) Medical 78.37c ± 1.14 74.53b ± 1.22 68.43a ± 1.58 0.000 Significant 74.30a ± 0.79
Surgical 74.85b ± 1.29 70.89a ± 1.68 76.96b ± 1.51 0.020 Significant 74.31a ± 0.86
p-value 0.043* 0.041* 0.000* 0.993

Values are mean ± Standard Deviation. Mean values along the row (among the hospitals) with different alphabetical superscript indicates a significant different (p < 0.05), while the p-value of less than 0.05 indicates a significant difference between the hospital services (medical and surgical);

*indicate significant difference